Make Way For Ducklings
by McCloskey, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG-/Good-
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
McCloskey, Robert: MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS Publisher: The Viking Press, copyright 1941. Stated Fifth Printing Thus, May, 1944. Used. VG-/ Good- 2nd State$2.00 unclipped Dust Jacket. Jacket has some insect damage to back panel. Please see our photos. Caldecott Award winner for 1942. Unpaginated. 9 ¼ X 12 1/4. This title has been designated as the official children's book for the City of Boston.
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INCLUDES THE DUST JACKET!
Synopsis
Make Way for Ducklings is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey. First published in 1941, the book tells the story of a pair of mallard ducks who decide to raise their family on an island in the lagoon in Boston Public Garden, a park in the center of Boston, Massachusetts. Make Way for Ducklings won the 1942 Caldecott Medal for McCloskey's illustrations, executed in charcoal then lithographed on zinc plates. As of 2003, the book had sold over two million copies.
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- Bookseller
- Mary Riversong Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 076McCloskeyDucklings
- Title
- Make Way For Ducklings
- Author
- McCloskey, Robert
- Illustrator
- McCloskey, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fifth Printing
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1944
- Pages
- Unpaginated
- Size
- 9 1/4 X 12 1/4
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Dust Jacket, Ephemera, Illustration, Boston, Ducks, Duckling, Birds, 2nd state, McCloskey Dust Jacket, Cover Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books; Art; Travel and Exploration; 20th Century Literature; Children's Illustrated Books;
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